famous eldest daughter

Chapter 609 Tea Fragrance
Afraid that tears would roll down in the north wind if her thoughts deepened. Gu Yuqing clenched the hand holding the silk handkerchief tightly, her nails digging into her flesh, and forced her thoughts to stop.

Ji Xiang stood beside Gu Yuqing, feeling the change in her mood, and whispered in her ear: "Miss, can you please knock on the door?"

Gu Yuqing took a breath and let it out slowly, "I'll go."

Jixiang said hurriedly: "Miss, the copper ring is cold, so I'd better go as a slave."

On such a cold day, the breath that I exhaled is like freezing in front of my eyes. I don’t know how cold the copper door knocker will be. Maybe my fingers will be stuck by the cold air as soon as they touch the copper ring.

Gu Yuqing shook his head, the expression on his face was one of determination that could not be discussed further. Ji Xiang had no choice but to comply.

The hands that had been warmed by the small hand stove stretched out from the sleeves, and the biting cold wind swept away the remaining warmth mercilessly, and the biting coldness soaked into the blood in an instant.

Sure enough, as Jixiang said, the copper ring is really cold.

But the cooling that went straight to the bone marrow made Gu Yuqing's thoughts that had just been rolling in waves really calm down.

What are you dreaming about?

Concubine Mei and the eldest prince Xiao Yan were executed several years ago. How could the door god painting on the dark green door be made by Xiao Yan?

I knocked hard on the door three or two times, but the sound of footsteps came from inside, accompanied by a voice asking, "Who is it?"

Judging from the voice, it was an old grandma who opened the door. Gu Yuqing quickly put away her thoughts and calmed her voice, saying: "Grandma, we are the people that Wang Li was talking about just now."

As soon as Gu Yuqing finished speaking, the footsteps on the other side of the door had already reached him. There was a "creak" sound, and accompanied by the whistling north wind, an old but elegant face emerged from the crack in the door. As the door was opened, The big, old man's figure was clearly visible in Gu Yuqing's eyes.

She is of medium height, slightly overweight, and her outfit is no different from that of ordinary villagers. Even the bun on her head is the same as that of several peasant women she met by chance on the road, but inexplicably, Gu Yuqing is on her I feel a temperament that ordinary people don't have.

It can’t be said to be noble, but it is extremely majestic!She doesn't look like a village woman, but more like a mother in charge of a wealthy family.

"Hello, grandma." Surprised, Gu Yuqing nodded slightly as a salute to the elder, "Li Zheng said you have a good piece of jade at home." Get straight to the point and get to the point.

The grandma who opened the door looked at Gu Yuqing from head to toe calmly with her eyes when Gu Yuqing was talking, and when she finished speaking, she smiled and said, "Come in and talk, what's the point of standing in the doorway, come on!" Come in!" He greeted warmly.

Unlike the courtyards in the capital, no matter how big or small, there is a screen wall when you enter the door, blocking all sight. In this courtyard, you can take in all the scenes just after crossing the threshold.

The small and exquisite square yard is neatly tidied up, and the wintersweet and red plum planted along the wall are swaying in the wind. Their posture seems to be fully prepared, waiting for the wind to bloom in the twelfth lunar month, and proudly fighting against the snow.

Oops, for some reason, Gu Yuqing remembered going to Concubine Mei's palace when she was a child. In her courtyard, there were also plum blossoms planted under the walls.

It’s just that there are many types of plum blossoms in Mei Fei’s Courtyard.

This idea came to the top of his heart, Gu Yuqing hurriedly shook his head, and secretly sighed, what happened today, why did he always think of the old man who hadn't mentioned it for many years, but his eyes still fell on the plum tree, and he couldn't move away .

As if through the wind-swept air, I saw that during the Laba Festival that year, after she entered the palace with her mother to greet the Queen Mother, her mother passed by Concubine Mei's palace on the way back, knocked on the door and went in, standing under the plum tree. He broke a branch for her and put it on her temples.

At that time, Concubine Mei had not yet been charged, and her mother had not been poisoned by Gu Yuhe.

At that time, the years were quiet, just like the red plum blossoms in full bloom, and even the air was sweet.

...My thoughts can't help but wander. There are many moments that I have never remembered in my two lifetimes, but today they are like a flash flood, pouring out all at once, and I can't stop it.

The grandma was not in a hurry to lead Gu Yuqing directly into the house, but walked slowly with three steps, as if deliberately slowing down to let her see enough of the scene in the courtyard.

It was obviously only a few cups of tea away, but it took half a stick of incense to walk before reaching the door of the corridor. Grandma opened the curtain and invited Gu Yuqing into the house, and immediately the hot breath with the scent of tea hit her face.

It smelled of the nice and inexpensive jasmine tea. The moment Gu Yuqing walked in, her steps froze.

When Mei Fei was alive, she also liked to scatter some jasmine flowers in the incense burner and burn them.

She will never forget this taste!

Almost instantly, all the blood in Gu Yuqing's body was boiling due to the aroma of tea!
But...oh my God!Concubine Mei has died long ago!

Could it be that Concubine Mei is not dead? !

Thoughts flashed through her mind, as if they had taken root, and began to grow crazily in Gu Yuqing's heart!
The momentary solemn expression made Ji Xiang, who had supported Gu Yuqing, tighten his hands.

But the grandma seemed to have disappeared, with a smile on her face, pointing to a chair on one side for her to sit down, and pouring hot tea herself.

Because of the horrifying thoughts in her heart, coupled with the picture of the door god at the door, Gu Yuqing deliberately looked at the furnishings in the house, looking for any clues about the painting. But to her disappointment, there was not even a single painting in the entire house. No, even the roof beams are wrapped in plain cloth without stickers.

Not finding what he wanted to see, Gu Yuqing was disappointed and couldn't help but wonder, if the owner of the house was a painter with many years of experience, how could there be no trace of painting in the house?Even if it is because of old age that he no longer engages in this profession, it is impossible to have no paintings at home!

You know, the people of our dynasty must post New Year pictures and Spring Festival couplets at home during the New Year and festivals, especially the elderly. If you want five blessings to come to your door, Chihuahua Doulian is indispensable!

There is not a single painting here, it seems to be deliberately covering up something!
What to cover up... Her eyebrows moved slightly, and Gu Yuqing turned to look at her grandmother, who was sitting side by side with her.

"Grandma, isn't she a native villager in Wangjiazhuang?" Gu Yuqing asked with a smile, seemingly unintentional, after calming down the heavy and exciting emotions in her heart.

When grandma heard this, she smiled kindly and nodded, "My ancestral home is Shandong."

Shandong... Mother once said that Concubine Mei's hometown is Rizhao, Shandong...

Her heart suddenly twitched, and Gu Yuqing almost jumped up from the chair, using all her strength to suppress the heart that was about to jump out of her chest.

"Does Grandma recognize a person whose maiden name is Mei Jiu?"

As the words came out, Gu Yuqing's eyes were fixed on the grandmother for a moment. The silk handkerchief in her hand was wrapped around her fingers.

My mother once said that Concubine Mei's maiden name was well-known in Rizhao.

In Rizhao, some people may not know the favorite concubine Mei Fei, but everyone knows Mei Jiu!

(End of this chapter)